Women, Work, and Politics: The Political Economy of Gender Inequality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300171341)

Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions. They go on to explain several anomalies of modern gender politics: why women vote differently from men; why women are better represented in the workforce in the United States than in other countries but less well represented in politics; why men share more of the household work in some countries than in others; and why some countries have such low fertility rates.

The first book to integrate the micro-level of families with the macro-level of national institutions, Women, Work, and Politics presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality.

Author: Torben Iversen, Frances McCall Rosenbluth
ISBN-10: 030017134X
ISBN-13: 9780300171341
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2011
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 0.60d